She said: “I’m happy about the ban but she should have gone to prison for what she did.

“Hopefully then it might sink in what she did, and how cruel it was.

“She’s not sorry for her actions, she hasn’t gone out of her way to apologise to me and my family.

Pictured - Stephanie Curwen leaving Blackpool Magistrates Court.

“She seemed to be getting a lot of pleasure out of it so maybe it’s not the first time she’s done something like this.

“It’s not about us, it’s about our cat. I just want justice for him, and sadly I don’t feel we’ve got that.”

Prosecuting for the RSPCA, Jonathan Fail said the only attempts to save the kitten from its cruel fate was when Craig Hargreaves, a neighbour of the cat’s owner, pulled it from the dog’s mouth outside the property on Baron Road, South Shore.